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*1850. BoDDiE, J. W.— Amer. Cotton Planter, July (?), 1850. Description oiHelio- 

 this obsoleta Fabr. as Phahena zea. 

 Note on the first and second broods; remedy. 

 1852. GuENEE, A. — Species general des Lepidopteres. Noctu^lites. Paris, YI, ii, p. 

 181. 

 Localities and references; varieties not constant. 



1852. Lucas, Hippolyte. — Note sur V Heliothis armigera, Catocala conversa, Megasoma 



repandum. Annales Soc. Ent. France, serie 2, X, bul., p. 24. 

 Brief notes. 



1853. Burnett, W. I. — The Cotton Worm of the Southern States. Proc. Boston Soc. 



Nat. Hist., IV (March 17, 1853), pp. 317-318. 

 Mentions as accompanying the "caterpillar" [Alabama argillacea'] with brief 



notes on habits and injury. 

 1855. Glover, T. — Insects Injurious and Beneficial to Vegetation. Rept. U. S. 



Commissioner Patents, 1854, pp. 60, 64-65, 69-71. Repr. I)e Bow's Review, 



1855. 

 Good general account; results of investigations. 



1855. Stainton, H. T. — Lepidoptera. New^ British Species Since 1835. Entomolo- 



gist's Annual, London, 1855, pp. 38-39, 2d Ed. 

 Lists, and gives reference to Edleston (1843). 

 *1855. ZiMMERMANN, J. H. — The Cotton Worm, its Character, Habits, etc. Amer. 



Cotton Planter, Aug., 1855. De Bow's Review, 1855. 

 Includes notes on the metamorphoses of Heliothis obsoleta, with remedies. 



1856. Glover, T.— The Boll Worm. U. S. Patent Office Report, 1855, pp. 99-103. 

 Report of further investigations on the boll worm. 



1857. Lederer, Jul. — Die Noctuinen Europas, Wien, pp. 42-43, 178-179. 



1857. Stainton, H. T. — A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths, London; I, pp. 

 289, 291, 291-292. 

 Mentions as very rare; brief description of adult and larva, with food plant of 

 the latter. 

 1857. Walker, Francis. — List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Col- 

 lection of the British Museum. Brit. Mus. Cat., Pt. XI, p. 688. 

 Description of Heliothis obsoleta as Heliothis pulverosa Wlk. 



1857. Walker, Francis. — List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Col- 



lection of the British Museum. Brit. Mus. Cat., Pt. XI, p. 690. 

 Description of Heliothis obsoleta as Heliothis conferta Wlk. 



1858. Sanderson, E. — Boll Worm, Cotton Miller, etc. The Amer. Cotton Planter, 



Nov., 1858 (n. series, Vol. II, No. 10), pp. 339-340. 

 Theory concerning the bollworm; believes the corn worm and the bollworm 

 the same. Recommends good remedies: (1) Planting cotton early, corn 

 late; (2) Corn as a trap-crop. 



1858. Walker, Francis. — List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Col- 



lection of the British Museum. Brit. Mus. Cat., Pt. XV, pp. 1681-1682. 

 Description of Heliothis obsoleta as Thalpophila rubrescens AVlk. 



1859. King, Peyton. — Cotton Culture and the Boll Worm Again. A Review. Amer. 



Cotton Planter, Feb., 1859 (n. series. III, No. 2), pp. 48-50. 

 A review of E. Sanderson (1858) with interesting remarks and questions. 



1860. Stainton, H. T. — Lepidoptera. Rare British species captured in 1859. Ento- 



mologist's Annual, London, p. 141. 

 Listed, with localities, and references to recorded captures. 

 1860. Wallengren, H. D. J. — Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. II. Wien. Ent. 



Monatsschr., IV, pp. 171-172. 

 Description of Heliothis obsoleta as Heliothis punctigera; states that it approaches 



obsoleta. 



